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Progressive Andrew Gillum Wins Upset In Florida Democratic Primary
NPR ^ | August 28, 20188:32 PM ET | Jessica Taylor

Posted on 08/28/2018 7:10:57 PM PDT by monkeyshine

...On the Democratic side, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum's victory was the most unexpected of the night, as he defeated centrist former Rep. Gwen Graham. His victory represents an upset for the progressive wing of the party in the final stretch of 2018 primaries...

...Gillum hadn't led in a single poll, but was able to harness the progressive energy to beat Graham, a famed political scion in the state whose father had served as governor and senator. Sen. Bernie Sanders campaigned for Gillum and drew more than 1,000 people to a rally in Tampa earlier this month. Gillum campaigned on repealing the state's controversial Stand Your Ground law, Medicare for all and raising the minimum wage.

Gillum would be the first African-American governor of Florida if elected, and he becomes the second black Democratic gubernatorial nominee this year in the South, joining Georgia's Stacey Abrams.

(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2018floridaprimary; 2018midterms; democrat; demprimary; fl2018; florida; gillum; primary
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To: dowcaet

Some of us noticed that DECADES ago


41 posted on 08/28/2018 7:52:45 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Moderates/Independents/Non-voters" Are DIMS REALLY who you'd want BACK in POWER?)
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To: Paladin2

42 posted on 08/28/2018 7:53:06 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: monkeyshine; neverevergiveup; Pining_4_TX; VeniVidiVici

Looks like they changed the headline to “Progressive Upset Means A Sanders Vs. Trump Battle For Florida Governor” as of now.


43 posted on 08/28/2018 7:54:05 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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To: monkeyshine

This means DeSantis is a shoe-in.


44 posted on 08/28/2018 7:54:52 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Of course, but there are still millions of white Democrats who are just figuring it out!


45 posted on 08/28/2018 7:57:32 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: Zhang Fei

Yes more than 100k GOP votes than Dem votes. Also interesting, every FL Metro area went for Gillum, while all but Tallahassee went for DeSantis.


46 posted on 08/28/2018 7:57:47 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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To: monkeyshine
Drudge hyping a hopeless case.

GILLUM MAKES HISTORY IN FLORIDA!

47 posted on 08/28/2018 7:58:41 PM PDT by henbane (Obama still holds the 7th floor of U.S. Justice Department--AG Sessions AWOL!!)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

The strange thing is that it doesn’t seem to dawn on them that attempting gaslight us into believing that our side is “doomed, doomed, I say!”, they also depress the energy on their own side with complacency.


48 posted on 08/28/2018 7:58:51 PM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: monkeyshine

Did any Republicans cross the line and vote Gillum to ensure a Ron DeSantis victory in November? Hmm?


49 posted on 08/28/2018 8:00:22 PM PDT by freedom1st
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To: monkeyshine

Congrats Governor Ron DeSantis!


50 posted on 08/28/2018 8:02:05 PM PDT by rainee (Her)
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To: monkeyshine

The votes should be counted again.


51 posted on 08/28/2018 8:02:25 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: monkeyshine

Are you guys sure that the Dim’s Black base and liberal virtue signaling voters won’t be energized? If they are, it could be trouble for the Senate run of Scott, too.


52 posted on 08/28/2018 8:05:39 PM PDT by oldplayer
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To: Behind the Blue Wall; JLAGRAYFOX

I honestly don’t know what to make of it. Certainly some of it is an attempt to influence the election by pushing a candidate.

But it is very easy to look at the polling data and see where they get it wrong. They always over-sample Democrats larger than the registered party affiliation gap, and larger than the party affiliated voting rate. Even when they include a very large independent voter sample, they try to “balance” it using false assumptions that independents break farther to the left than they do.

They also over-sample states like CA and NY where there will be a larger number of independent votes leaning left, but this is not going to give you good inside into the EC results.

These are either intentional methods used to get the results they want, or a perfect example of the types of biases that can go into statistical sampling.

GrayFox is also right, in this last election the Democratic/Media campaign was so demeaning to Trump voters (deplorables! idiots!) that many people simply did not tell the pollsters the truth.


53 posted on 08/28/2018 8:07:16 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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To: fortheDeclaration

It should, But the republicans have to play like they are behind. They should not take anything for granted.


54 posted on 08/28/2018 8:08:54 PM PDT by martinidon
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To: Vigilanteman

YES! Perfect message!!!


55 posted on 08/28/2018 8:10:33 PM PDT by FrdmLvr (They never thought she would lose.)
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To: lastchance

We don’t really know the intent of the voters... are there any dimpled chads to help figure it out?


56 posted on 08/28/2018 8:10:56 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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To: oldplayer

Sure, but when enough middle and upper class democrats start adding up the taxes from a socialist like this, it’s a different story. This guy is far far left . This is what Pelosi/Schumer want to avoid at all costs.


57 posted on 08/28/2018 8:12:26 PM PDT by ALX
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To: monkeyshine

This win just showed how FAKE Real Clear Politic’s polls are.


58 posted on 08/28/2018 8:17:47 PM PDT by heights
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To: monkeyshine

NPAs (you’re truly included) didn’t even show up at the polls today.

https://dos.dos.myflorida.com/elections/data-statistics/voter-registration-statistics/voter-registration-monthly-reports/voter-registration-by-party-affiliation/

Florida goes red.


59 posted on 08/28/2018 8:17:54 PM PDT by ameribbean expat (Socialism is like a nude beach - - sounds great til you actually get there. -- David Burge.)
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To: Vigilanteman

“Start running ads on how “Medicare for all” will destroy “Medicare for Seniors” who paid taxes all their working life to earn it”

Republicans should be running that in every state, instead of the anti-pelosi garbage ads.


60 posted on 08/28/2018 8:19:45 PM PDT by heights
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